# 130 Years of Wireless Communications

DevFeed: [130 Years of Wireless Communications](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/130-years-of-wireless-communications-11379.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2026/05/history-radio/>)

Published: 2026-05-29T05:32:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [communications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communications.md>), [history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/history.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [radio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/radio.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>), [wireless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wireless.md>)

## AI overview

A brief history of telecommunications compares Guglielmo Marconi's early wireless telegraph experiments and the limited speed of Morse Code transmission with the author's modern 200 Mbps low-Earth-orbit satellite Internet connection and responsive SSH access.

## Source excerpt

Here's a short glimpse into the history of telecommunications: in a building at the top of this mountain (barely noticeable blip across the saddle from the radio tower; search for Capo Figari for more details), Guglielmo Marconi conducted experiments in the ~1930s (after inventing the wireless telegraph system in the late 1890s). The original radio could "transmit" at most 40-60 words per minute (the limit of a skilled Morse Code operator). 130 years later, I'm writing this blog post using a 200 Mbps Internet connection via a low-earth-orbit satellite with response times low enough that I can run an interactive SSH session with no noticeable delay. It's almost incomprehensible how far we've come in such a short time.